me. should they expect and adherence to the constitution be a nonnegotiable qualifier for presidential candidates? it s an excellent question that you have asked, and why we have seen a constitution for me but not for the? we have seen that with regard to the hard right and the first amendment, wanting to amplify and weaponize the first amendment to deny people the opportunity to get wedding cakes and to protest in front of abortion clinics, to stop people from using the term abortion if they re librarians and so much more, but yet, none interested in making sure that all americans have access to that when they disagree with republican platforms. we have seen the attack on the 14th amendment and substantive due process. in fact, what is really interesting is given the cases that are before the supreme court, this term, how there is so much talk about originalism
but it has the feel. the issues that tend to be immigration or, you know, this how you teach american history, critical race theory. it s power. and democracies only work if power is marshalled and managed, not if it is seized. and that s what the white south was doing, my native region. they chose to define human rights in a very limited way. they exalted property rights over individual rights. and decided to secede from the union, ending an experiment which however imperfect which created a world that gave us 139th, 14th, and 15th amendments, which ultimately gave us an ugalitaran future. lincoln believed the declaration of independence had to be the
the responsibility to bring an end to violence and threats of violence against those who serve the public is one that all americans share. such conduct disrupts the peace of our public spaces and undermines our democracy. we are all americans. we must protect each other. the obligation to keep americans and american democracy safe is part of the historical inheritance of this department. as i have noted several times before, justice department was to battle violent extremist attacks on our democratic institutions. in the midst of reconstruction following the civil war, the department s first principle task was secure the civil rights promised by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
home but when you might be in danger outside the home and as was mentioned by one of the justices that doesn t always happen in a forest. you happen to be around other people and we ve seen it in since we re law abiding citizens defending themselves and their families they should have the right to do that and new york s restricted regime should be struck down. final word to you, john. i agree with that, that this conservative majority on the court is going to end this th the second amendment was a second class right. it wasn t put on a par with the other rights in our bill of rights in the 13th, 14th, or 15th amendments. the hard thing for the court was going to be what tests do the lower courts now use to examine every kind of gun control regulation every city and state can come up with in the future. they are going to have to craft something very carefully and you heard justice expressing concern about exactly how they get that done. we ll see. this decision is due by june. tha
i m not a bear. do you worry brett your credibility as a serious news man is imperiled by following the five. i think it really helps the ad libbing. you really have to be on your toes. one more thing. your five baier stories. ulysses s grant one of my favorites obviously civil war general became president of the united states he also, and you make the point, saved the republic lie hoarse traiting the white house for end of reconstruction. so does your listy s grant come out in your book as a good guy or bad guy. good guy. i think in history s eyes he will be looked at as a much more significant president, con conventional two terms in which he fights the kkk, the 14th, 15th amendments are really the cause of grant. and he holds the country together in that grand bargain that he makes as the 1876 election s happening. so he s gone up 13 spots in